Finishing on footage that's already cut
Color Grading, Audio Post & Finishing
I take finishing on as its own job: matching shots across a piece, grading it, cleaning up the dialogue, mixing it, and getting the delivery specs right. The edit is normally locked before it reaches me.
I do the audio myself rather than sending it out, so the picture and the sound come back from one person.
What's included
- Shot matching and color correction across a whole piece
- Creative grading to a look or a reference
- Rotoscoping, masking and object removal on shots that need cleaning up
- Dialogue cleanup, noise and hum removal, de-reverb
- Full mix with music and effects balanced against dialogue
- Sound design and foley where a piece needs it
- Loudness compliance and per-platform delivery specs
- Format conversion, aspect ratio versions and archival masters
Who sends me this
- Editors and agencies who want finishing handled by someone else
- Anyone with footage shot across several days or several cameras
- Podcasts and interview series with audio problems
- Teams with a back catalog that no longer matches their current look
How it works
- You get in touch. Tell me what the job is. You get scope, a price and a date back before anything starts.
- You send the footage. The locked edit, plus the project file and the original media if you still have them.
- First cut. You see a first cut early enough to change direction, rather than at the end.
- Revisions. Revisions until it's right. I don't count rounds.
- Delivery. Final files in whatever formats and specs you need.
Turnaround depends on the footage and how many versions you need, so I don't put a number on it here. Send your deadline with the job and I'll tell you whether it works.
Where I've done this
I mix, repair and sound-design in iZotope RX, Ableton Live and Audition, and I design and sell commercial audio plugins under my own label, Stomptones. On the picture side, color correction and finishing are part of every piece on this site.
Related pieces
I graded and mixed all of these. Everything else is on the work page.
Flanders 75th Anniversary Promo
Brand Partnership Product Spot
Also available
Color and audio post on a finished edit
Send a sample, or the project file if you still have it. I'll tell you what's recoverable before you pay for anything.